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40% plastic waste littered on India's streets: Javadekar in Lok Sabha

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2019

As much as 40 per cent of plastic waste collected in India remains uncollected and littered on the streets, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar told the Lok Sabha on November 22, 2019. A whopping 25,940 tonnes per day of plastic waste is...

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Answer to plastic pollution found? Big breakthrough as Indian Oil converts plastic waste into oil

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2019

Big technological breakthrough likely in store for India! The country’s largest PSU refiner and retailer, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is about to complete and finalize on a research which could lead to one of the biggest technological breakthroughs and help the...

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Ahmedabad: When plastic waste turns into fuel

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 29, 2019

The 2018 figures of the city’s solid waste generation put the estimate of plastic waste at 10% of 3,700 tonnes of daily waste minus 370 tonnes, coming to 11,100 tonnes monthly or 1.35 lakh tonnes annually! Due to lack of segregation, the waste cannot be processed and thus the...

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Subject Tags: plastic waste , pyrolysis

India’s top energy research bodies come together to develop next-gen fuel resources

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2017

In a first of its kind move, India has brought forward its top energy research agencies which are working together to develop the next generation of fuel resources for cutting edge commercial...

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